Car-truck.



B, R. VAN KIRK.

GAR TRUCK.

APPLICATION TILED JUNE 9, 1911.

1,060,511 Patented Apr. 29, 1913 2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

B. R. VAN KIRK.

GAR TRUCK.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 9, 1911.

Patented M31129, 1913.

2 SHEETSSHEET 2.

LGGEYZ.

To all whom it may concern:

onrr BENJAMIN R. VAN KIRK, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO THE BALDWIN LOCOMOTIVE WORKS, .015 PHILADELPHIA, PENN- SYLVANIA, A CORPORATION OF PENNSYLVANIA.

CAR-TRUCK.

income.

Application filed June 9, 1911.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Serial No. 632,151.

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN R. VAN KIRK, a citizen of the United States, residing in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have invented certain Improvements in Carirucks, of which the following is a speci fication.

The'object of my invention is to construct a car truck which will be light and substan I tial; and to providea comparatively open space between the pedestals at each side of the truck. This object I attain by substituting a single, short, angle brace for the usual long'angle brace which is attached to the upper bar of the truck or extends o ver the boxes, and the lower brace, which is usually coupled to the two inner pedestals. .ln the accompanying drawingsz Figure l, is a side view, of a truck; Fig. 2, is a per.- spective View of the angle brace; Fig. 3, is

a perspective view of one of the angle brackets to which the angle brace is secured; Figs. L and 5 are side views 09ther types of trucks embodying my invent-ion.

A is the side frame of the truck. B are the transoms of the usual type and B is a U-shaped frame connecting the 'tra'nsoms, as clearly shown in Fig. 1.

A is the upper side member of the frame,

consisting of a bar, which extends the full length of the truck and are the pedestals in which are mounted the boxes E for the axles F, on which are the wheels l are two pairs of beams resting on the axle boxesE and mounted between the ends or these beams and the frame A are springs One pair of these beams is extended, as at i, to form an outer support for a motor' carriedby one of the axles. This bonstruction forms no part of my present invention. N is an angle l'irace whic'h extends from one inner pedestal D to the other and under the U-shaped frame B at the center of the truck. his angle brace is secured to the frame B by bolts or nuts and is also -at-,

. tatr'iied to extensions (Z projecting from the inner pedestals DD. These extensions (1' are in the form of angle brackets, as clearly shown in Fig. 3. and are secured in the present instance, by rivets to the pedestals D and are also connected by rivets to the Patented Apr. 29, 1913-.-

angle-brace N. Thus making a very rigid connection and yet giving a comparatively light appearance to the truck; and providin; a clear space so that access may behad/ to the brakes and other portions of the truck.

In Fig. .4, l have illustrated a modifical'ion showing another type of truck, in which the pedestals are in the form of castings D and the brackets d are cast integral with the pedestal; otherwise the construction is the same 'as in Fig. l.

InFig. 5, *l have illustrated a form of truck .in which the iii nor pedestals D are made of two plates spaced apart and the brace L in this instance, extends between the plates otthe inner'pedestals and is secured thereto by bolts or rivets, as shown, making'a very substantial construction.

l claim: I I 1. Tl ie'comhinati'on, in a car truck. of a side framecouiprising a top bar and two sets of pedestals depending therefrom, a transom frame, and a separate continuous .brace extend.ing' at an angle between the pedestals to and under the transom frame. said brace being attached to the respective pedestals at a point/below the top bar.

2. The combination in a car truck, of side frames having a top bar and two sets oi depending pedestals: boxes mounted between frames; a pair of transomsconnecting the side frames, frames connecting the lower ends of said transoms at the side frames, each In testimony whereof, I have signed my side frame consisting of a top bar and two name to this specification, in the presence of sets of depending pedestals; a bracket setwo subscribing witnesses. cured to the inner side of each pedestal; BENJAMIN R. VAl T- KIRK.

and diagonal braces extending under the Witnesses: central'c'onnecting frame and attached to LOUIs H. BENDER,

"the brackets prejecting from-the pedestals; J H. KnR'sT. 

